1 Thessalonians 2:1
Was not in vain [ο υ κ ε ν η γ ε γ ο ν ε ν]. More accurately, hath not proved vain. Kenh is empty. Mataia, also rendered vain, is fruitless.... [ Continue Reading ]
Was not in vain [ο υ κ ε ν η γ ε γ ο ν ε ν]. More accurately, hath not proved vain. Kenh is empty. Mataia, also rendered vain, is fruitless.... [ Continue Reading ]
Having suffered before [π ρ ο π α θ ο ν τ ε ς]. N. T. o. Although we had suffered. Having been shamefully entreated [υ β ρ ι σ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. Comp. Matthew 22:32; Acts 14:5. This may have been added because propaqontev alone might denote the experience of something good; but it is more probably inte... [ Continue Reading ]
Exhortation [π α ρ α κ λ η σ ι ς]. See on Luke 6:24 and 1 Corinthians 14:3. Exhortation or counsel is Paul's usual sense. Of deceit [ε κ π λ α ν η ς]. Better, of error. It may imply deceit as accompanying or causing error, but it does not occur in the sense of deceit. Our exhortation did not procee... [ Continue Reading ]
We were allowed [δ ε δ ο κ ι μ α σ μ ε θ α]. More correctly, approved. See on 1 Peter 1:7. We came and spoke to you as tested men. Pleasing [α ρ ε σ κ ο ν τ ε ς]. As being those who seek to please. Comp. Galatians 1:10, and ajnqrwpareskoi man - pleasers, Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22. Comp. LXX, P... [ Continue Reading ]
Used we flattering words [ε ν λ ο γ ω κ ο λ α κ ι α ς ε γ ε ν η θ η μ ε ν]. Better, were we found using flattering discourse. Very literally and baldly it is, we came to pass in discourse of flattery. It means more than the mere fact that they were not flatterers : rather, they did not prove to be s... [ Continue Reading ]
Of men [ε ξ α ν θ ρ ω π ω ν]. To extract glory from men. When we might have been burdensome [δ υ ν α μ ε ν ο ι ε ν β α ρ ε ι ε ι ν α ι]. Lit. being able to be in weight. The phrase ejn barei in weight is unique in N. T., and does not occur in LXX The better rendering here is to be in authority. Pau... [ Continue Reading ]
Gentle [η π ι ο ι]. This reading is adopted b; y Tischendorf, Weiss, and the Rev. T. Westcott and Hort read nh. pioi babes. This gives a stronger and bolder image, and one which falls in better with the course of thought, in which Paul is asserting his innocence of guile and flattery, and not of har... [ Continue Reading ]
Being affectionately desirous [ο μ ε ι ρ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. N. T. o. Once in LXX, Job 3:21. The figure of the nursing mother is continued. She is not satisfied with nursing the child, but interests herself affectionately in all that concerns it. We were willing [η υ δ ο κ ο υ μ ε ν]. Better, we were plea... [ Continue Reading ]
Labor - travail [κ ο π ο ν - μ ο χ θ ο ν]. The two words are associated in 2 Corinthians 11:27; 2 Thessalonians 3:8. Mocqov travail, P o. Frequent in LXX Kopov emphasises fatigue, mocqov hardship. Because we would not be chargeable [π ρ ο ς τ ο μ η ε π ι β α ρ η σ α ι]. Incorrect. Rend. that we mi... [ Continue Reading ]
Holily - justly - unblameably [ο σ ι ω ς - δ ι κ α ι ω ς - α μ ε μ π τ ω ς]. For dikaiwv holily, see on Luke 1:75; for dikaiwv justly or righteously, on Romans 1:17; Romans 5:7. Amemptwv unblameably, only in these Epistles. See ch. 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:23. For the distinction betw... [ Continue Reading ]
Comforted [π α ρ α μ υ θ ο υ μ ε ν ο ι]. The A. V. renders the three participles in this verse as finite verbs, we exhorted, etc. Rev. retains the participial construction. Better than comforted, persuading. Persuasion is the form which the exhortation assumed. Paraklhsiv exhortation, and paramuqiou... [ Continue Reading ]
Walk [π ε ρ ι π α τ ε ι ν]. By Paul exclusively in the metaphorical sense of behaving or conducting one's self. Similarly in Hebrews. In the Synoptic Gospels, with one exception (Mark 7:5), of the physical act. Both senses in the Fourth Gospel, but only the metaphorical sense in John's Epistles. Onc... [ Continue Reading ]
Also - we. Also may point to an expression of thanksgiving in a letter from the Thessalonians to Paul. You say "we give thanks to God." We also give thanks. Comp. ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:2. When ye received the word of God which ye heard of us [π α ρ α λ α β ο ν τ ε ς λ ο γ ο ν α κ ο η ς π α ρ η μ ω ν... [ Continue Reading ]
In Christ Jesus. Seems to be added to distinguish the Christian churches in Judaea from the synagogues of the Jews, which would claim to be churches of God. Comp. Galatians 1:22, and see on ch. 1 Thessalonians 1:1. In Christ Jesus, in Christ, in Jesus, in the Lord, in him, are common Pauline formula... [ Continue Reading ]
Persecuted [ε κ δ ι ω ξ α ν τ ω ν]. Rev. more literally and correctly, drave out. The word only here, though it occurs as an alternative reading, Luke 11:49. Probably with special reference to his own expulsion from Thessalonica. Acts 17:5-10. Contrary to all men. Tacitus (Hist. 5 5) describes the... [ Continue Reading ]
To speak - that they might be saved (lalhsai ina swqwsin). Not, to speak to the Gentiles in order that they might be saved, but to tell the Gentiles that they might be saved. Comp. 1 Corinthians 10:33. To fill up [α ν α π λ η ρ ω σ α ι]. The verb means the making up of what is lacking to perfect fu... [ Continue Reading ]
Being taken from you [α π ο ρ φ α ν ι σ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. N. T. o. o LXX Rev. better, being bereaved of you. From ojrfanov bereft. See Mark 12:40; John 14:18; James 1:27. The word suggests the intimate personal fellowship of the writer with his readers. The separation was like that between parents and c... [ Continue Reading ]
We would [η θ ε λ η σ α μ ε ν]. Implying more than a mere inclination or desire. It was our will to come. See on Matthew 1:19. I Paul. Not implying any less desire on the part of his associates, but emphasising his own. See on the use of the epistolary plural, ch. 1 2. Satan [σ α τ α ν α ς]. From th... [ Continue Reading ]
Hope. Used of the object of hope, as Colossians 1:5; 1 Timothy 1:1; Hebrews 6:18. Joy - crown [χ α ρ α - σ τ ε φ α ν ο ς]. Comp. Philippians 4:1. The phrase crown of rejoicing or boasting, in Proverbs 16:31; Ezekiel 16:12; Ezekiel 23:42. Comp. Isaiah 61:3, stefanov kallouv crown of beauty, an [ Continue Reading ]